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under-performs
 
Verb under-perform has 2 senses
  1. underachieve, underperform - perform less well or with less success than expected; "John consistently underachieves, although he is very able"; "My stocks underperformed last year"
    --1 is one way to do, perform
    Derived forms: noun underperformer1, noun underperformer2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  2. underperform - perform too rarely; "Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good"
    --2 is one way to perform
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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